• Posts Tagged ‘City Council’

    Galion Goes with Wind Energy

    by  • May 9, 2012 • News & Views • 33 Comments

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    By Marlo Robidoux, GalionLive Correspondent

    Tuesday night’s Galion city council meeting bolted right out of the gate with Ordinance Number 2012-26, which was a second reading of legislation to approve the authorization for the City of Galion to participate in the AMP Blue Creek Energy program.

    Galion resident and business owner James Hedges addressed Council with his own research of AMP and brought up several points of consideration. One point that Mr. Hedges made was that there might be extra expenses involved which Council had not considered, such a delivery costs.

    City Manager Gene Toy responded by saying that the rate given to the City included all costs and fees. Toy also shared that Galion would receive this energy at a flat rate, which is more attractive than the variable … Read the rest

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    Olentangy Confusion

    by  • April 27, 2012 • News & Views • 12 Comments

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    This is the fourth in our series of posts on Tuesday’s meeting of Galion City Council.

    The last three meetings of Galion City Council have featured a number of citizen comments and reactions from City Council members and administration officials concerning the ongoing Olentangy River clearing project. On Tuesday, the dialogue escalated to an entirely new level, with high tension, raised voices, and a banging gavel.

    In the end, several in attendance left the meeting in protest.

    The dialogue began with remarks shared by Galionite Charlie Clark during the citizen comments portion of the agenda. Remarking that he was a fan of trees, Clark asked if the “destroying of beauty” along the Olentangy was completed. He continued by reviewing the history of projects in that area in the last 30 … Read the rest

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    Heise Park Pool Update, Constitution Project, and Seedling Survival

    by  • April 26, 2012 • Life in Galion • 3 Comments

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    The early portion of Tuesday’s meeting of Galion City Council featured a presentation on the upcoming season at the Heise Park pool, as well as another short talk by a representative of a group seeking to promote US Constitutional literacy.

    Galion Community Center YMCA Director Terry Gribble outlined a proposal for the 2012 swim season at Galion’s municipal pool. Noting that the basic contract between the City and the Center YMCA has remained substantially unchanged, Gribble suggested that there “…is no need to change any of that at this time.” Still, he continued, increased expenses have resulted in a request this year for a $3.00 hourly rate increase. In the time since the last increase, he noted, there have been 3 minimum wage hikes.

    The operating plan calls for the … Read the rest

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    Qualifications and Public Records Questions Posed

    by  • April 26, 2012 • News & Views • 50 Comments

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    It has been bubbling beneath the surface for some time. On Tuesday night, it erupted into plain view.

    For many weeks, tension has been in ample evidence as Galion City Council has considered important local issues. Two such matters have been at the forefront of recent debate and discussion, namely the project to clear the banks of the Olentangy River in an area stretching from Harding Way West, across Portland Way North, and continuing to Heise Park. The other, a much longer debate, concerns the question of whether or not the City should raise electric rates as recommended by its consultant.

    The first of these issues – that of the river clearing – has largely been a vibrant dialogue between citizens and Council, and focused on choices made by the … Read the rest

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